Capuchino and Burlingame are an even 5-5 against one another since April of 2018, but likely not for long. The Capuchino Mustangs will head out on the road to challenge the Burlingame Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Last Friday, Capuchino sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 3-2 win over Sacred Heart Prep. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Capuchino.
The team relied heavily on Ryan Burton, who scored two runs while going 2-for-3.
Meanwhile, Burlingame had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 1.3 runs), and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past the Ravens 5-4.
Luca Scatena spent all eight innings on the mound, and it's clear why: he surrendered four earned runs on ten hits and racked up six Ks. He has been nothing but reliable: he hasn't pitched less than six innings in three consecutive pitching appearances.
At the plate, Grayson Howard and Drew Lyons did most of the damage at the plate: Howard went 1-for-3 with a triple and a run, while Lyons scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3. The team also got some help courtesy of Neil Girdhar, who scored a run while getting on base in three of his four plate appearances.
Capuchino pushed their record up to 17-8 with that win, which was their seventh straight at home. As for Burlingame, they are on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season.
Capuchino came up short against Burlingame when the teams last played back in April of 2023, falling 5-1. Thankfully for Capuchino, Holden Glavin (who struck out nine batters over 6.1 innings while giving up just one earned run off five hits) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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